Improved hydrocarbon-vapor machine for illuminating purposes



tiltitrd ,gisten BAILEY B, DoUeLAs, on NEWARK, NEW JERsEY.

Letters Patent No. 104,126, dated J une 14, 1870.

IMPROVED HYDROCARBON-VAPOR'MACHINE FOR ILLUMINATING- PRPOSES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BAILEY B. DOUGLAS, of Newark, county of Essex and State of N ew Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Hydrocarbon-vapor Machines for Illuminating and Heating Purposes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and tov'the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the machine, having three compartments combined in one cylinder.

i Figure 2 is a perspective view ofthe machine, havngdthe reservoir'detached, and showing the automatic Figure 3 is the carbureting-wheel, showing the buckets partially covered with the absorbents.

Figure 4 is an inside end view of the same wheel.

Figures 5 and 6 are flanges secured to the disks of the air-wheehn which the main shaft is screwed, thus making it in two sections, and obviating the necessity of its passing through the water, &c.

Figure 7 is a view showing the internal arrangement of the machine represented in fig. 1.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the air-chamber.

Figure 9 is another view of the same, showing the position of the screws by which it is fastened to the end of the water-tank, as shown also in iig. 2.

Figure 10 is a view of the boiler for generating steam, by means of 'which-the Water is kept warm in cold weather, and aiding in thc evaporation of the carbon.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe more clearly its construction and operation.

In the first place I construct a metallic cylinder, of any desired dimensions, divided into three compartments, as shown in figs. 1 and 7.

The irst compartment av is the water-tank, in which also the air-wheel revolves.

The seconder middle compartment, marked b, is

.the carbureting-chamber.' in which also the carbureting-wheel revolves, and into which the air is forced through a tube, marked d, passing into the center of the carbureting-wheel b, and is' thus forced through the absorbents e, (shown more clearly in iig. 3,) which, being constantly revolved, iskept saturated with the hydrocarbon, which is taken up and discharged by the buckets or troughs `fattached to the two disks of the carbnreting-wheel c. Thus the air, being forced into and from the center of the carbureting-wheel, through the'absorbeuts, must of necessity be thoroughly impregnated with the hydrocarbon.

The carhuretingwheel is constructed by having two metallic disks connected, by means of a series of buckets or troughs, arranged in two tiers, one within the other, cach tier being covered with fe f 'absorbent as 1s clearly shown in igs. 3 and 4. The ma iis wheel may also be packed vwith sponge or other absorbent. i

This wheel is made to revolve by means of the main shaft g, which passes through thewheel, and is secured to its outside disk at x, and shown at center oi fig. 4. The air-tube passes into the center of this wheel, through its opposite disk, and forms the axis upon which thc wheel revlves, as shown` in figs. 3 and 7 Through the center' of the air-tube and of-the wheel passes a-sleeve, on one end of which is a packing-box, to prevent any water from passing into the carbureting-chamber, which may accidentally .get into lthe sleeve from the water-tank, and also as a further preventive. v

The lower section of the air-tube, inside of the carbureting-chamber, is closed, and an escape is provided through which the water may pass out at the bottom of the cylinder, as shown at d and i, in tig. 7.

The third compartment, marked j, is the reservoir for the hydrocarbon fiuid, and should be air-tight, as should also the whole cylinder.

Connected with andv to this 'reservoir .is an automatic or self-acting feed, which is constructed in the following mannerz' f Near the bottom of the chambery' is placed a pipe,

l, horizontally, and leading into the carbureting-cham-- ber b, which allows the fiuid to pass into the chamber b until the end of the vent-pipe n is covered, thus keeping the chamber b filled to a uniform height, and supplying the fluid as fast as it `is absorbed. and no faster.

In order to secure this most important result, I insert the vent-pipe ln in the top of the chamber j, at gn, and, turning it, pass it down inside of the chamber b, and terminating it at a point above or near the4 ieed-pipel,whe1e it is desired to have the carbon rise to in the carbureting-chamber.

To provide for filling the luidchalnbcr j, an aperture is made in the top-of the chamber, at o, and is stopped by a screw-plug, or its equivalent.

While tle reservoir j is being lilled, the feed-pipe l should be stopped, which is provided for by the stopcock L'.

The air-chamber'is made a' suitable shape and size, and is secured to the inside of the chamber a by means of adjustable screws,` or their equivalent, asis clearly shown in iigs. 2 and 9. This' mode oi' securing the air-chamber to the water-tank I consider important, as it obviates the necessity of soldering, and affords greater facilities for detachiug the air-chamber, and other parts of the machine, when necessaryeso to do for repairs or other purposes.

Thus far my descriptions have been confined mainly to the machine as represented by gs. 1 and 7. I will now endeavor to describe more particularly the construction and arrangement of the machine as represented by iig. 2. a; is the Water-tank, which is made of metal, inthe form indicated in the drawing, having a Bat top, firmly secured, upon which rests horizontally the carburetingchamber t, and is connected with the air-chamber by means of a pipe, fu.

The carbon-huid chamber j may be made any shape and size which may be desired, and may be placed at any distance from the water-tank and carbnreter, either in the building or out of it, under or on top of the ground, on a level with the carbureting-chamber l), or at any desired angle above it.

The automatic feed is arranged substantially as above described, and as indicated in fig. 2, except that thc vent-pipe n leads down outside of the reservoir, and along the feed-pipe Z, and, turning upward, enters the chamber b at a point just below the air-tube u, and terminating at the required point, as hereinbefore described, or the vent-pipe may enter the chamber b at anotherpoint, and at any given angle from it, and above it.

By this arrangement the objections which may bc urged by insurance companies and others, on account of danger, are entirely overcome, and thus making, as

I believe, the most perfect and reliable hydrocarbonvapor machine ever yet invented.

I disclaim the Letters Patent granted to R. H. Plass, September 15, 1868, and those to Foster 86 Ganster, March 31 and December 15, 1868.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The carbnreting-wheel, consisting of two or more tiers of transverse troughs, arranged alternately to each other, and open inwardly, and provided with-suitable ibrous material, and operating as set forth.

2. The tube d, constructed as described, and projecting into the carbureting-Wheel, to operate substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The mode of attaching the main shaft g to the air-wheel, by means ot' the two flanges shown in iigs. 5 and 6, substantially as and for the purposes herein setfcrth.

4. The mode and manner of attaching the airchamber to the inside of the water-tank a, as shown by figs. Zand 9, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

5. The whole combination and arrangement, substantially' as and for the purposes herein set forth.

BAILEY B. DOUGLAS.

Witnesses: f

JULIUs VAN WAGENEN, mGLIvER BRAKE. 

